Coquettish Actor's Death Manual

While Zhou Liangyu and Zhao Yucheng's carriages were slowly heading towards the palace, the Cining Palace on the other side was still peaceful, with sandalwood smoke rising from the small Buddhist hall, and the empress dowager kneeling on the futon with a blank expression on her face Twirling a string of rosary beads, knocking on the wooden fish, the old mother who was watching at the side looked at the incense burner from time to time, the hour was coming, but the empress had no plans to leave at all.

"Mother, there's still half an hour, it's almost...too late." After holding back, the old mother still couldn't help reminding.

The Empress Dowager did not open her eyes, until she finished reading, she put down the wooden fish vertebra very slowly, and slowly opened her eyes.

The old mother stepped forward to help her up: "Your Majesty, it's time to change clothes. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the day of family reunion, the emperor set up a dinner party. We are waiting for you to come over."

The Empress Dowager's empty eyes fell on the front, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she smiled desolately, which brought out the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes: "A family reunion? Ai's family... There is no family anymore, so how can there be a reunion?"

The old mother froze, her eye circles were red, and she wiped away her tears: "Mother, you have to hold on... The emperor can't say such things..."

The queen mother walked forward step by step, and after a long time, she murmured: "Ai's family is old and won't live long, it's a pity... I can't see the scene of that person getting bad rewards... It's a pity... that's all, let's go Let's go to Fu Ai's house to change clothes..."

On the other side, Zhou Liangyu followed Zhao Yucheng to the Imperial Garden. This time, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was held in the Imperial Garden. Officials were invited to enjoy the moon, and they could bring their families.

So almost everyone who can be called by name is among the invited ones. Zhou Liangyu sat down with Zhao Yucheng and saw Yan Yunzheng not far away at a glance. Take a sip of wine, if it wasn't for the Queen's intercession during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she might not be allowed to go out.

Zhou Liangyu cheated Yan Yunzheng last time, so he wasn't afraid of him at all. If it wasn't for Yan Yunzheng's fate, with him like this, even Emperor Yan might despise him.

Not long after, Emperor Yan, the Empress Dowager and Concubine An arrived, but afterward, Zhou Liangyu's face changed slightly when he heard "The Empress Dowager is here": The Empress Dowager is here too?

That's right, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion, how could the Queen Mother not be there?

Zhou Liangyu quickly sat up straight, showed a demeanor that he knew, stopped his back, and only showed eight teeth in a frown and a smile, which was called a well-behaved and dignified smile.

Zhao Yucheng caught a glimpse of it inadvertently, raised his eyebrows, and while raising his hand to drink, he said expressionlessly: "Have you lost your head?" Suddenly going out of style?

Zhou Liangyu glanced at him with small eyes: Go away!You just smoked!

Zhou Liangyu's "change" was noticed by everyone, and they were all dumbfounded: What did King Yu...do to the princess?Why is it that the princess has changed her painting style?Could it be that... Prince Yu really trained his wife well?It's only been a few days since I've seen you, it's almost... reborn?

Zhou Liangyu lasted the whole audience, and felt that the corners of his mouth were stiff with laughter. He thought it was about to end, but when it was about to end, Emperor Yan said, "Okay, I won't delay the family of all the gentlemen. It's time for the reunion, let's all go back, King Yun and King Yu will follow me to the Imperial Study Room, as for Liang'er, you may not have been there for a long time to accompany the Queen Mother, this time I will send the Queen Mother back to the Palace of Compassion, and I will follow Yu later The king can leave the palace."

Zhou Liangyu: "..." Isn't it?He just wants to go back.

Fortunately, Zhou Liangyu was well prepared. He didn't know how the beauty got along with the Queen Mother before. Tonight, she was deliberately "dignified and virtuous". If the Queen Mother asked, she would have a reason to explain.

Zhou Liangyu supported the empress dowager towards the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, without saying a word all the way, Zhou Liangyu bent the corners of his mouth, and walked cautiously step by step, until he was about to reach the Palace of Compassion, the queen mother waved her hand, and the rest stepped back more than ten steps.The Empress Dowager's eyes fell on Zhou Liangyu who lowered her eyebrows and said, "After you got married, your temper became much calmer."

Zhou Liangyu responded softly: "If you go back to grandma, you can't mess around like before, and you should take care of yourself."

The queen mother said: "It's good that you know, the Ai family knows that this matter has wronged you, but in this world... how many people can really do whatever they want? People, in this life, there are too many things that cannot be controlled. King Yu is a good boy, you follow him... at least you won't be in danger of your life. Although Yun Zheng grew up with you, he has a good heart and you are not suitable." The Queen Mother patted the back of his hand and sighed With a voice, "The Ai family also heard about the matter of the infertility drug before. You made a fuss. Although there was no danger, you can't do such nonsense next time."

Zhou Liangyu lowered his eyes: "Liang'er hasn't thanked grandmother for helping Liang'er hide it."

The Empress Dowager said: "He is too vicious in his actions. My family knows about the infertility drug that was given back then, but you are not from your daughter's family. The drug has no effect on you, so let him go, so that he won't worry about the rebels from the previous court." I was afraid that you would feel bad and didn’t tell you, but you don’t want to do it again, after all, Ai’s family invited an imperial doctor from the Compassion Ning Palace, which is different from others, so don’t let people discover your identity.”

It wasn't until he reached the Palace of Compassion and Peace that the Queen Mother had finished speaking, and Zhou Liangyu responded one by one. He knew that the "he" in the Queen Mother's mouth referred to Emperor Yan, and it was at this moment that he was surprised to find one thing. Emperor Yan's attitude was quite subtle, it was really strange that he would use the word "poisonous" to describe her son.

But there is no doubt that the queen mother is kind, Zhou Liangyu obediently agreed, and Zhou Liangyu was relieved until the queen mother told him not to send him off again: Fortunately, he escaped and was not suspected.

He just turned around and was about to leave when he saw Zhao Yucheng approaching at some point. Wasn't this guy sent to the imperial study by Emperor Yan?It's over so soon?

It was rare for Zhao Yucheng to take two quick steps, and when he arrived in front of the Empress Dowager, he bowed and saluted respectfully: "I have seen the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager's expression was indifferent, and her gaze didn't even fall on Zhao Yucheng's face: "So it's King Yu, but he came to pick up Liang'er?"

Zhao Yucheng nodded: "Yes."

Queen Mother: "Well... go back, Aijia is also tired."

The queen mother stretched out her hand and supported the old nanny beside her. She didn't even look at Zhao Yucheng until she turned around.

Zhou Liangyu looked at the queen mother's back in a strange way. It's strange. The queen mother had praised Zhao Yucheng for being a good guy before, but why did she meet a real person? This attitude...is it so subtle?

Zhao Yucheng looks pretty good too, he usually pleases the elderly, why didn't the Queen Mother even look at Zhao Yucheng the whole time?

On the other hand, Zhao Yucheng, who always looked indifferent as if nothing could move him, looked at the Queen Mother's figure for a long time without moving his eyes away?

Zhou Liangyu couldn't see the queen mother's figure anymore, and Zhao Yucheng didn't turn his eyes away. He tilted his head and walked in front of Zhao Yucheng. Zhao Yucheng who took it back: "You're so strange, what are you doing, my lord? If you want to talk to the queen mother a few more times, just go in. Why are you acting like this..."

Zhou Liangyu originally wanted to tease Zhao Yucheng, but he met Zhao Yucheng's gloomy gaze, immediately raised his hand, and put his hands on his mouth from left to right: Why don't you just stop talking?

Threatening him every time, if he was not afraid before, he would be angry, but thinking of Zhao Yucheng's scarlet-eyed appearance before, Zhou Liangyu felt inexplicably apprehensive.

Sitting in the carriage for the return journey, Zhou Liangyu found that Zhao Yucheng was in a daze. This was so strange, and his face softened a lot. He sat forward and coughed softly: "King Yu, let's discuss how to ?”

Zhao Yucheng glanced at him: "Say."

"Look at your business, I don't want to ask more questions. Can you withdraw your subordinates? Can't I have to report to you every time I go out? Are you... not going too far? "Zhou Liangyu was annoyed at the thought of being stopped when he went out to see Jiaohua last time. If it was anything else, he was a majestic "princess" and even bowed his head to the prince. Can this be tolerated?

But the opponent's military power is mine, so he can only admit that he is cowardly.

Zhao Yucheng: "It's not impossible to go out with anyone and anywhere."

Zhou Liangyu had a good look, and his eyes lit up: "My lord, what do you mean?"

As long as it can be discussed, it is fine, and I am afraid that this guy will refuse if he disagrees.

Zhao Yucheng said: "There are three chapters in the agreement, first, you are not allowed to mess around outside; second, I don't like women, if I let this king know that the princess has brought dubious people back to Yu's palace... then, this king also has a way to make the princess never die. A way to get out of the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion."

When Zhao Yucheng said this, his pair of phoenix eyes were pitch-black, which made Zhou Liangyu feel hairy all over his body, "Then what about the third one?"

"Third... what you saw before, it's best to forget it completely."

Zhou Liangyu thought about it carefully: "OK!"

The two hit it off immediately, and Zhou Liangyu solved the serious problem in his heart, returned to Prince Yu's mansion, and went straight to his own garden, only to find that Zhao Yucheng didn't get out of the carriage, and went straight away.

Zhou Liangyu's eyes lit up: If you don't go back to the palace at night, could it be that there are delicate flowers growing outside?

And the "delicate flower" in his mouth, Mr. Yu, looked at Zhao Yucheng who was pouring cup after cup into his mouth after an hour, and had a headache: "Don't tell me that you plan to drink here all night? Then I can give it to you directly tomorrow." The body is collected."

Looking at the darkness outside, Zhao Yucheng didn't speak, but drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

Mr. Yu sighed: "Master, leave your family alone, and accompany you a drunkard, you should say something."

When Zhao Yucheng looked over, Mr. Yu met the dead light in his eyes, and sighed: "It's been 16 years...haven't you let it go?"

"Boom!" Following this sentence, Zhao Yucheng crushed the jade cup in his hand, startling Young Master Yu: "OK, OK, OK, you are the boss, you have the final say, can't you stop talking about it? It's just that you can Don't act recklessly, you have endured for so many years, you must not fall short, and now is not the time, a little unbearable will lead to chaos."

Zhao Yucheng didn't speak for a long time before he stood up and looked at the lonely sky outside: "...Yes, it's not yet time, but when...is the time?"

At night, Zhou Liangyu was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. For some reason, the gaze of Zhao Yucheng at the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Peace always flashed in his mind. The guilt-ridden gaze always made Zhou Liangyu feel strange, how could Zhao Yucheng look at the Queen Mother with that gaze?

As a result, when Zhou Liangyu finally fell asleep in a daze, in the middle of the night, Zhou Liangyu suddenly felt as if he was being stared at by something. He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw a person standing beside the bed, frightened. He sat up suddenly, but when he saw the person clearly, he almost kicked him in anger: "Zhao Yucheng, why are you so crazy in the middle of the night?"

When he was in the main courtyard earlier, he was taken aback. This is the backyard, so he wouldn't go crazy again, right?

Zhao Yucheng stared at him closely: "Accompany me for a drink."

Zhou Liangyu: "???" Damn it, are you sure you're not sick?What kind of wine do you drink in the middle of the night?Are you sure you don't want something to happen to your brother after being drunk?

After all, knowing people, faces, but not hearts, Zhou Liangyu quickly took two steps back: "No! I refuse!" As a result...

Zhao Yucheng directly wrapped Zhou Liangyu in the robe beside him, and just... took him away.

Until it was placed on the roof of an empty garden in the backyard, Zhou Liangyu was still dazed: "..."

He quietly turned his head to look at Zhao Yucheng who looked up at the night sky not far away: If he couldn't beat him, he really wanted to slap him to death.

When Zhou Liangyu calmed down, he took a sniff and smelled the smell of fine wine, forget it... It's not worth drinking.

He picked up a jug of wine on the tray, poured a glass, and took a sip: Hey, yes, it tastes good.

Zhou Liangyu drank one gulp after another, and after drinking a few cups in a row, he inadvertently raised his head to realize that Zhao Yucheng had stopped at some point and was looking at him with a complicated expression: "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Do you know what day it is?"

"I know, Mid-Autumn festival, didn't you just come back from the Mid-autumn banquet?" This guy Zhao Yucheng was drunk and confused?

"But why aren't you sad at all?" Zhao Yucheng asked.

Zhou Liangyu froze when he was sipping a mouthful: huh?What are you sad about?

It took me half a beat to realize what Zhao Yucheng was asking. Today is the day of Mid-Autumn Festival for family reunion, but the Great Zhou Dynasty has long been extinct, and now he is the only one left in the Zhou family, a widow. Similarly, Zhao Yucheng At least after Zhao Wang passed away, there was only one lonely family left.

So... Zhao Yucheng went crazy this night because... Missing his loved ones?I didn't realize that this cold guy was quite emotional.

However, the great beauty is indeed the last blood of Da Zhou, he is not, but... Doesn't it seem sad and strange?

So... Zhou Liangyu's brain twitched, and he said: "I'm not sad, aren't you married to the prince now, and you will be my family from now on, prince?"

Zhao Yucheng: "..."

Zhou Liangyu regretted it after she finished speaking, this is so... embarrassing.

Who knew that Zhao Yucheng just stared at him strangely for a few times, turned his head suddenly, and didn't come back with a few words of ridicule?

Instead, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he said in a very soft voice: "You have been with the queen mother since childhood, how does the queen mother treat you?"

After several glasses of wine, Zhou Liangyu was already a little tipsy. When the wind blew, he was a little dizzy. He glanced at Zhao Yucheng strangely: Why did you come back to the Queen Mother after chatting?

"The Queen Mother was very kind to me...a kind hearted...a good person." Besides that, he really didn't know anything else.

There are very few descriptions of the Queen Mother in the book, and he dare not comment casually with only a few sentences.

After finishing speaking, he sneaked a glance at Zhao Yucheng, and found that the other party had his head down, unable to see his expression. Just when Zhou Liangyu thought that Zhao Yucheng would not answer, the other party raised his head and murmured: "Yes..."

Zhou Liangyu: "???" Really ill.

Zhou Liangyu didn't know when he finally passed out and fell asleep. When he was awakened by the first ray of sunlight the next day, he opened his eyes, still unconscious, and rubbed his aching head from the hangover. After shaking, he sat up and found that he was covered with a familiar robe, frowning: Where is he?

Standing up unsteadily, when he looked up, he found that he was on a roof, surrounded by air. He reflexively took a step forward, and when he realized that it was too late, he jumped forward , and fell headfirst: "Ah——"

A few birds were startled, and they rushed up above Zhou Liangyu's head with flickering wings.

The moment Zhou Liangyu fell, he felt that he was probably one step away from the God of death. In the end, a figure flew over from nowhere, and directly blocked his frowning brows. Get off the pillar, leap for life, hug Zhou Liangyu in a vigorous posture, jump up to the roof again, and stand firmly.

Zhao Yucheng frowned and lowered his head: "Do you really want to be the first princess who threw herself to death?"

Zhou Liangyu: "If you hadn't brought me to the roof in the middle of the night, wouldn't I have recovered from my fall when I woke up?"

Zhao Yucheng: "..."

It was rare for Zhou Liangyu to win, and the corner of his mouth grinned, "Why didn't the lord stop talking?" Can't say it?Are you guilty?Do you know what you did wrong?

As a result, when Zhou Liangyu was chattering, suddenly a few hidden guards flying over heard the movement not far away, lying on the top of the beam, looking this way, waiting to see his prince holding Liangyu. The posture and movement of the princess bowing her head "affectionately" and "you and me"...

All the hidden guards were confused: "(⊙o⊙)" or the prince can play, all the way to the roof?

Zhou Liangyu turned his head when he heard the movement, and met the bewildered little eyes of several hidden guards. The light in his eyes flickered, and he leaned his head on Zhao Yucheng's shoulder intentionally: "My lord~ I'm so scared~"

Zhao Yucheng: "..."

The hidden guard: "..." My lord, we misunderstood you, you actually!Love this tune!

After a stick of incense, Zhao Yucheng threw Zhou Liangyu back to his own yard, and left quickly. His expression was so... that Zhou Liangyu almost couldn't straighten up from laughing, ouch, he laughed to death, and Zhao Yucheng always To scare him, let's see how he faces the ambiguous eyes of all the hidden guards now, hahaha.

Zhou Liangyu, who successfully won the round, changed into a men's outfit and left the house happily.

Sure enough, no one stopped him this time. He met Princess Shangjia in a box in a tea house, and specially instructed Princess Shangjia to wear men's clothes. The two wore masks and went directly to the brothel they had dreamed of. This time Without Zhao Yucheng's stop, he can play however he wants.

Princess Shangjia came to the brothel for the first time, and she was quite curious. Zhou Liangyu asked someone to bring two girls over. While waiting, she winked at Princess Shangjia who was arranging her brocade robe uncomfortably: "You have lost a lot of weight these days, no one will recognize you."

Princess Shangjia settled her mind: "Why did Prince Yu let you out? Two days ago, I wanted to go to Prince Yu's Mansion, but I was directly blocked back. But it is true, this Palace of Yu Prince has been forbidden to outsiders for many years. If you enter, even Emperor Yan can't do anything about it."

Zhou Liangyu heard Princess Shangjia mention King Yu, thought of the doubts he had last night, and asked in a low voice: "Does the Empress Dowager really dislike King Yu?"

"Eh? Why would the princess ask this?" Princess Shangjia asked in confusion.

When Zhou Liangyu entered the palace last night, the Empress Dowager met King Yu and refused to look at him from the beginning to the end. Princess Shangjia was stunned for a moment, "No, I heard what my father said before. However, the Empress Dowager liked Yu Wang very much when he was young, and often let him enter the palace as a companion..."

Then I didn't know what to think of, leaned over and whispered: "I remembered."

Zhou Liangyu was curious: "What do you remember?"

Princess Shang Jia said: "I'm afraid it's not that the Empress Dowager doesn't like Yu Wang, but that she doesn't want to see Yu Wang's face."

"Huh?" Zhou Liangyu became even more curious, "Isn't it? Zhao Yucheng grows up like that, the Queen Mother doesn't even want to see it?"

"Where is it? It's not a question of whether he looks good or not, but... a question of who he looks like." Princess Shangjia said.

Zhou Liangyu was puzzled: "Who does he look like? Isn't it, Zhao Yucheng looks like this, and he looks like someone else?"

"It's not, it's not now, it's... when I was a child." The more Princess Shangjia thought about it, the more she felt that this was the only possibility, "This is actually what my father told me, when I was still young. Princess, do you still remember when I asked you, where are the three kings with different surnames and the four princes in this Great Yan Kingdom?"

Zhou Liangyu naturally still remembered: "Remember, you said that only King Li remained among the three kings with different surnames, and three of the four princes rushed to the fief, and one died." At that time, he also said that Emperor Yan was ruthless. Of the seven princes, only four are alive.

Princess Shangjia said: "Yes, the princess remembers well, and the princess probably doesn't know who the dead prince is. Back then, the princess was as young as me. When the prince died, the princess was only... age."

Zhou Liangyu thought about the beauty's age, seventeen, that means the prince had been dead for 16 years.

"What happened? The prince was also killed by Emperor Yan?" Zhou Liangyu asked.

"This...not really. The specific father and king just mentioned it a little bit. The only prince who died was the elder brother of Emperor Yan. The elder brother of the same mother was born to the queen mother. It should have been this prince back then. It's a pity that the one who ascended the throne...the other party didn't want to, so he gave it up to Emperor Yan."

"Isn't it? Why?" Zhou Liangyu asked.

Princess Shangjia: "The specific reason is because the prince's concubine..."

Zhou Liangyu hummed: "Princess?"

Princess Shangjia said: "This is exactly what I want to say about why Prince Yu looks like someone. The person he looks like is the prince's first son and only son. This prince is a Fool, he only married one concubine in his life, and this concubine and Wang Concubine Zhao, who was the father of Yu Wang, are twin sisters. It's a pity that these two women are beautiful, but their identities are too Low, the Prince and King Zhao were brothers of the opposite sex back then. They fell in love with the pair of sisters at first sight. In the end, the lovers got married. Yu Wang, because these two sisters are twins, the two young princes looked very similar back then. The Empress Dowager loved these two young princes very much, and often let them enter the palace to accompany them. It's a pity..."

When Zhou Liangyu heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he had an ominous premonition: "What happened to the prince?"

Princess Shangjia said: "Yes, the prince was supposed to be the emperor back then, but if the other party wants to inherit the throne, the princess's status is too low, and she has no natal family. At that time, the previous dynasty..."

Princess Shangjia glanced at Zhou Liangyu at this point, seeing that he didn't care, then continued: "The remnants of the previous dynasty have not been eliminated, and the foundation is not stable, so the status of a princess cannot be a queen, only a concubine, and the choice of queen It is necessary to choose someone else, the prince is an idiot, and he directly gave it to Emperor Yan, only to be a prince. At that time, Emperor Yan had not shown selfishness, and everyone thought it was okay, so they let Emperor Yan take the throne. Unfortunately, Yan The emperor is not a tolerant person, so he drove all the four princes who were entrusted at that time to the fief. But when the prince rushed to the fief with his family, he was betrayed by a soldier around him. The whole family, including more than a thousand relatives who were taken away at that time, were all killed, and no one survived."

Zhou Liangyu was completely dumbfounded: "All... all dead? Not one alive?"

Princess Shangjia said: "Yes, they are all dead. When King Zhao got the news and led his troops to rush there, he only saw a mountain of corpses crowded with people. It has been several days, and the corpses are all smelly. That scene... There are countless crows circling on the ground, and the scene feels creepy when you think about it..."